Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is pushing his state’s university system to look into former University of Florida Ben Sasse’s expenses in the wake of reporting from a student newspaper on the subject. “We take the stewardship of state funds very seriously and have already been in discussions with leadership at the university and with...
Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), the chair of the House GOP campaign arm, encouraged members to ramp up fundraising efforts and investment during a private conference call on Thursday, as Vice President Harris’s nascent White House bid intensifies Democratic enthusiasm. The plea from Hudson, the head of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), came after the...
NJ Transit will offer free rides to customers for one week this month after service interruptions and rate hikes sparked frustration among regular riders. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) announced Thursday a “fare holiday” for the week leading up to Labor Day — from Monday, Aug. 26 to Monday, Sept. 2. Fares on all...
A Democratic political action committee (PAC) is launching a $2 million campaign in key House battlegrounds as they sound alarms about Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for the next Republican president. Save Democracy PAC, which has backed Democrats in dozens of congressional races, is launching cable and digital ads in eight critical districts across the...
Vice President Harris is set to announce a plan to lower housing costs and end the housing shortage through the construction of new units and down payment support to first-time homebuyers, according to Harris-Walz campaign officials. Harris’s “urgent and comprehensive four-year plan” will call for constructing 3 million new housing units, a tax incentive for...
Thursday saw dueling events on the 2024 campaign trail. President Biden and Vice President Harris appeared together for their first fully public event since she supplanted him as the Democratic nominee. Meanwhile, former President Trump sought again to take back the spotlight from Harris by holding a news conference at his Bedminster, N.J., golf club. The Biden-Harris...
Vice President Harris’s campaign hit former President Trump over his remarks Thursday, arguing he lied and wouldn’t defend his agenda. The Harris campaign’s email in response to Trump had the subject line, “Statement on Trump’s…Whatever That Was.” “We aren’t sure what we just watched and neither is America,” it said. During his press conference at...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Negotiated drug prices for Medicare are here The Biden administration on Thursday announced the first results of Medicare’s new power to negotiate drug prices. Democrats and allied groups touted billions of dollars in savings — older Americans will...
Former President Trump on Thursday dismissed calls from allies for him to refocus on policy, saying he was “entitled to personal attacks” against Vice President Harris as polls show her erasing his polling lead. Trump held a press conference at his Bedminster, N.J., property, where he delivered remarks for close to an hour before taking...